Fatal crash profile · Model year

2008 Honda Fit

Compared with Honda Fit · Honda · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
47
Fatal crashes
47
Deaths inside
34
Other deaths
18

Between 2020 and 2024, 47 vehicles described as 2008 Honda Fit were involved in 47 fatal crashes in the United States. 34 people died inside these vehicles and 18 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 11
2021 9
2022 11
2023 7
2024 9

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

65%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Honda Fit: 60%
  • About the same as the share for Honda: 62%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 8 4
2021 6 5
2022 7 4
2023 6 2
2024 7 3

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.8 times the share for Honda Fit: 12%
  • About the same as the share for Honda: 22%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.2 times the share for Honda Fit: 13%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Honda: 19%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About 1.2 times the share for Honda Fit: 43%
  • About the same as the share for Honda: 52%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2008 Honda Fit Honda Fit Honda All vehicles
Driver speeding 21.3% 11.8% 21.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 14.9% 12.8% 18.6% 17.7%
At night 51.1% 43.1% 52.4% 49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 36
Cloudy 5
Rain 3
Severe Crosswinds 1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 23
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Dark - Lighted 10
Dawn 2
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes
Category Vehicles
California 10
Ohio 4
Texas 4
North Carolina 4
Florida 3
South Carolina 3
Kentucky 2
Oregon 2
Tennessee 2
New Hampshire 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Feb 5, 2022 Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vermont 1
Jan 21, 2022 Pulaski County, Arkansas 1
Dec 22, 2021 Pender County, North Carolina 1
Nov 22, 2021 Greenville County, South Carolina 1
Oct 20, 2021 Polk County, Florida 1
Sep 10, 2021 Leavenworth County, Kansas 1
Jun 25, 2021 Newberry County, South Carolina 1
Jun 14, 2021 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 2
Apr 24, 2021 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 2
Jan 10, 2021 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 1
Jan 6, 2021 Orangeburg County, South Carolina 1
Dec 23, 2020 Adams County, Ohio 1
Oct 29, 2020 Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York 1
Oct 25, 2020 Wilmot Flat, Merrimack County, New Hampshire 1
Oct 8, 2020 McKinney, Collin County, Texas 1
Sep 12, 2020 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Aug 10, 2020 Clay County, Florida 2
Jul 23, 2020 Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California 1
Apr 13, 2020 Powell, Knox County, Tennessee 1
Apr 13, 2020 Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1
Mar 31, 2020 Linn County, Oregon 1
Jan 22, 2020 Buncombe County, North Carolina 1

Compare 2008 Honda Fit with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.